Business Outreach and Education Fund

The Office of Labor standards (OLS) announced the availability of a 2-year $1.4 million Business Outreach and Education Fund to facilitate outreach, education and compliance assistance for small businesses operating in Seattle on October 18, 2017.

Activities will include direct outreach to businesses, providing culturally appropriate information to businesses, and answering employers' questions about Seattle's laws. Fund recipients will emphasize outreach to employers not typically served by traditional outreach methods: businesses owned by low-income and historically disenfranchised communities, including people of color, immigrants and refugees, as well as women, veterans, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ community.